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(DIR) Post #B0fUKIWM0cDQpSAiY4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-27T10:35:57Z
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Do any of you have interesting ceilings? Have you painted the ceiling in a room with a cool color or pattern?Our flat has curved walls: such a cool architectural detail but you don't really notice it. I think painting the ceiling a contrasting color would make the curve stand out against the white walls. Black: like a night sky. But could look cheap goth if done poorly.Light Teal: Cute, it's like the sky. Could be TOO cute.Muted Red: Chartreuse: ?? #interiorDesigns #interiorDesign
(DIR) Post #B0fUk9JgqvYnoNZjrU by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
2025-11-27T10:40:35Z
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@futurebird The ceilings here are boring and normal (aside from the almost comically fancy ceiling fan in the living room), but when I was a teenager we had cool carvings around the borders of the ceilings. Painted boring white, but showed in the light and against the coloured walls.
(DIR) Post #B0fUrOValeruxJb5FY by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-11-27T10:41:52Z
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@futurebird I like that idea a lot!I'm going to drop this into the compost heap of the plan where it can ferment with the rest: You could also not paint it one block of color... instead maybe do a geometrical pattern, or give it "animal print" but in the color of your choice, or even two colors in an organic looking pattern or a strict organized pattern?
(DIR) Post #B0fUvmRPjF90L7jaV6 by bubblewrap@chaos.social
2025-11-27T10:42:41Z
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@futurebird I painted the ceiling in our bedroom dark blue/navy and the idea was to add stars (using a proper map of the night sky for here) with glow in the dark paint. I've been living in this apartment for 8 years now and have never added the stars. But the spider webs are very visible against the dark blue
(DIR) Post #B0fUzIIPkXTe0LCTjs by Ailbhe@mendeddrum.org
2025-11-27T10:43:11Z
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@futurebird just do a tiny margin at the edge of the ceiling. Make it "pop" without affecting the overall quality of the light in the room.
(DIR) Post #B0fV0DuJYIf6gON3E8 by jhavok@mstdn.party
2025-11-27T10:43:29Z
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@futurebird I think the universal white ceilings are because they brighten a room. A dark color might give a dungeon atmosphere. You could go yellow for a morning all the time feel.
(DIR) Post #B0fVEYgD7KbnA5bqAS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-27T10:46:07Z
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@fritzoids I don't think I have the skill to paint anything complex that is that large. Maybe get one of those wall papers of space from the 90s? We had a wall in our house that was a view of the earth from the surface of the moon (my dad thought it was funny since I was a "space cadet") but I love that wall. Problem: wall paper can be a little shiny, not ideal for a ceiling. I think ceilings need to be matte? Maybe?
(DIR) Post #B0fVjShBPtq9Zwnfgu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-27T10:51:39Z
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@jhavok Our ceiling is fairly high ... so I don't worry about making it feel bigger. The black worries me because black paint can look messy if not done just right.
(DIR) Post #B0fVqWQJxEbVAUHODY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-27T10:52:56Z
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@bubblewrap Did it make the room feel smaller or larger?Did you use a matte or semigloss? How do you like it after some years. We do not kill spiders in this house so it's good to know they liked it.
(DIR) Post #B0fWAXk4lGmp384Bns by jadp@mastodon.social
2025-11-27T10:55:41Z
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@futurebird one place, some time ago, painted the ceiling a light blue with white and pearled faux/sponge areas for a cloudy effect. A gradation from the white walls to a pearled or other color might make the curve stand out
(DIR) Post #B0fWOEhyKGZ44SbztY by kritischelezer@mastodon.social
2025-11-27T10:58:41Z
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@futurebird I really would advise against black. From time to time I browse houses (because I can't afford to buy one) and sometimes see black walls or ceilings. Always depressing, imho. Wallpaper is probably difficult with curved walls, probably, but maybe you can look for an artist to do it? Some artists make the most beautiful wall art. Or do the night sky, but through smaller painted windows?
(DIR) Post #B0fWUS4HZEAfF90kca by mensrea@freeradical.zone
2025-11-27T11:00:05Z
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@futurebird @fritzoids so, 2 totally unrelated bits of information: 1. you can get custom wallpaper printed to the finish of your choice, 2. NASA has an amazing image library of hi-rez space pics - star fields, nebulas, ... . no reason to mention this really
(DIR) Post #B0fX6ow2zo8zAWSGZc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-27T11:07:08Z
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@kritischelezer Hmmm I wonder if white walls would mitigate that? But I do think black makes spaces more "cozy" or "dungeon like"Now chartreuse... it would "match" with some of the other things we have going on. And I think it would look great around the tall skylight hole in the kitchen. Good observation.
(DIR) Post #B0fXhFN4BZQ9aCSjB2 by bubblewrap@chaos.social
2025-11-27T11:13:41Z
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@futurebird I used a matte paint. I guess it makes the room feel a bit smaller (at the very least not bigger) but not oppressively small just not BIG.I still like it, my only concern is if we ever move out, the landlord probably wants it back to white and that will probably take a few coats of white paint. Besides that I kick myself regularly for never adding the stars that would be so cool, but it is also a whole project™
(DIR) Post #B0fXzRSjy6CIIRnBcu by sknob@mamot.fr
2025-11-27T11:16:56Z
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(DIR) Post #B0fY6on5dJ14ftpOIC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-27T11:18:20Z
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@sknob Ok, Shakespeare. (every time I see white walls with beams like this that's all I can think of.)Is that natural to the building or did you add it?
(DIR) Post #B0fYDvz3HvcT0hoffE by sknob@mamot.fr
2025-11-27T11:19:36Z
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@futurebird natural to the building. Old house, probably late 18th century, in a medieval village in the south of France :)
(DIR) Post #B0fYPChrSCCa3o9JPk by jenesuispasgoth@pouet.chapril.org
2025-11-27T11:21:20Z
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(DIR) Post #B0fZYQPnxDfV8bfFMe by PeterLG@theblower.au
2025-11-27T11:34:26Z
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@futurebird Not black! It becomes claustrophobic.A complimentary colour to that of your walls could work well.
(DIR) Post #B0favFnNhiKioe8pkG by beecycling@wandering.shop
2025-11-27T11:49:48Z
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@futurebird For a while I had a wooden hatch in my kitchen ceiling that led up to a space where the hot water boiler lives. The hatch was just a square of plywood you lifted up out of what looked like a window frame. The ceiling was just the usual boring white, but I painted the hatch itself sky blue, so it looked sort of like you were looking up at the sky through a skylights. It's been replaced now, by a smoke proof and fire resistant metal one, so I'm safer, but I miss it my "skylight."
(DIR) Post #B0fd8a3jsIHtKtH7HU by rlcw@ecoevo.social
2025-11-27T12:14:35Z
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@futurebirdOriginal from 1910. Now that we own the place, I might restore it properly.
(DIR) Post #B0fdVoBJXDyBnNtV0i by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-27T12:18:53Z
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@rlcw I adore this and I kind of love how it's worn away too. But that worn look might not go with the rest of what you have going on.
(DIR) Post #B0fdh1bvwfDgdCh4Ua by gbargoud@masto.nyc
2025-11-27T12:20:51Z
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@futurebird In our bedroom we painted the walls black and left the ceiling white which is a nice contrast.In the living room we have a bunch of intricate plaster work designs which are probably original to the building (~1890) but we need to find someone who can restore them since parts of the pattern are missing
(DIR) Post #B0fe2ThEidixonP5PM by rlcw@ecoevo.social
2025-11-27T12:24:42Z
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@futurebirdWe've lived here for over 10 years now, so it's fine as it is. I've just always also had an eye on bringing it back to life. Might also go for just restoring a part of it, so you have a flow of time kind of situation.
(DIR) Post #B0feU8e0aFAIdQ5Dyi by ansate@social.coop
2025-11-27T12:29:44Z
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@futurebird i’ve seen pale pink on curved ceilings and liked it
(DIR) Post #B0fhgo9QO7qCheVjTU by 3dogcouch@mas.to
2025-11-27T13:05:34Z
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@futurebird In an old house we installed a patterned tin ceiling in a small cove off the dining room, & instead of white we chose a dark metallic gold (not bright Trump gold!). In a limited area, lined w books, it is very cozy "library" with subtle light reflection.
(DIR) Post #B0flisNK3NACCSFkdE by paulc@mstdn.social
2025-11-27T13:50:50Z
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@futurebird @fritzoids growing up we had wallpaper on a wall that was a bit fuzzy, nice to touch. I am sure it wasn’t glossy. So look for different textures.
(DIR) Post #B0g9vBvxYg8FEcrMOW by AMS@infosec.exchange
2025-11-27T18:21:59Z
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@futurebird I'd go for a very very dark blue instead of straight black.Then paint marker dot the night sky of a favored time and place. Borrow/buy a projector and load up stellarium to get the pattern reference, then it's not hard, just takes some time.
(DIR) Post #B0gZ5vAwhfBnId5AbQ by sbourne@mastodon.social
2025-11-27T23:04:02Z
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@futurebird My son had a friend whose parents painted his bedroom ceiling black and then stuck on glow in the dark stars.
(DIR) Post #B0goCMDCatdUCXfHEG by whereismcgee@mastodon.green
2025-11-28T01:53:16Z
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@futurebird Just be aware that a dark/saturated ceiling color will ‘visually’ make your ceiling appear lower (and a whiter/brighter color will opposite. It does not take that much of a variation between wall and ceiling to delineate the two - maybe a light grey ceiling or vice versa.You are correct to keep ceiling matte.